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Tony: Thinking about visiting my ancestral home, England.Gibbs: Why the sudden interest, DiNozzo?Tony: I've been thinking about family a lot. I mean all I have is Senior, really. He's not getting any younger. I don't have anyone else. The way things are going I don't see kids in my future. So, I don't know. Guess I'm searching for a sense of belonging.

Gibbs: You think you know everything DiNozzo. You don't. Tony: I'm just trying to protect you here.Gibbs: You know why you got sidelined? This.Tony: This?Gibbs: This isn't about me. Take care of your team. Do your job. Keep your head in the case. Keep Mitch's family tree to yourself.

Tony: Hernandez was a small time dealer in a big cartel, and he may have pulled the trigger, but he didn't make the big decisions. Long was his boss.Gibbs: What about it?Tony: What do you mean "what about it?" This is personal for you, Gibbs. You and Mitch. You want revenge for your families. But what does that mean? Are you going to put a bullet in Long's head the way you did to Hernandez?Gibbs: I'm going to tell you this one time. We're going to get Long on good evidence. This is above board. Do you understand what I just said?Tony: I understand if you let Mitch get dirty, you get dirty too. Gibbs: No, no no - we agreed. This is above board. Tony: Then what is he doing right now? Where is he?Gibbs: I just talked to him. He's at his hotel. We're going to start fresh in the morning. Tony: No. He lied to you. We just pinged his phone. He's at Long's place.

Gibbs: Where are you, DiNozzo?Tony: What do you mean? I'm right here, where I always am.Gibbs: Well then let me ask you something. Is that what you want?Tony: Do I want to be here? Yeah. I wouldn't be, if it wasn't what I wanted.Gibbs: Years ago you had a shot at your own team. You turned it down.Tony: Yeah that was my decision. Gibbs: You want to be a leader, or not?Tony: You mean do I want to be you?Gibbs: The day I joined all I had was a reason. Things change. Reason stays the same. It's always with me. Never leaves.Tony: Shannon and Kelly. Gibbs: Either you got a reason or you don't.

Tony: They're working on him now. I'm going to stay here until he's out of surgery.Vance: No you're not. The best thing you can for Gibbs now is your job.Tony: Director--Vance: If The Calling is still operating in Iraq, you need to get back there while the trail's still hot.Tony: Look sir. No one wants Daniel Budd stopped more than I do...Vance: Then we don't stop, DiNozzo, until The Calling's dismantled and this psychopath is either captured or dead. We owe Gibbs that much. Are. We. Clear?Tony: We're clear.

Budd: You think you've won. But manipulating your legal system will be child's play for a man of my talent. And I know children who....[Tony shoots him in the knee]Tony: Was that a threat? Sounded like a threat. I had to defend myself. Budd: How did that feel, Tony? Did you enjoy the rush? The power? Tony: You're not a Bond villain, Daniel. You're a fraud. And frauds don't get to speak like Bond villains. They do get to die like them.

Tony: You didn't just put in a new pool, did you? For the fam, Roger? You seem like a kidney-shaped guy to me.Dietz: You won't find anything.Tony: Are you calling my bluff, Roger? Because that would take big brass ones.

Tony: We want the boy. What do you want?Daniel: Just to be heard. To be respected. Not to be handed your broken promises.Tony: Welcome to the generation gap. Old habits die hard, Daniel.Daniel: Or they just die.

Sarah: The Calling began as part of the group I joined in Syria, but it became something else. Tony: What?Sarah: A faction eager to bring chaos. They pushed our religious doctrine aside. They're rooted in nothing but the desire to reject authority and paralyze the system. Bishop: Misguided youth.Sarah: The faction broke off and moved its followers to Iraq.Bishop: And now they're everywhere.